PORTLAND PRESS HERALD • November 12, 2021
We are not powerless against the kind of high heating bills we are almost sure to see this winter – the kind that take too much money out of everyone’s pockets, and leave many Mainers rationing food, health care and other necessities through the cold months. For short-term relief, the options aren’t many, but they are effective. Long term, the switch to clean, renewable energy will not only reduce carbon emissions and abate the climate crisis, it will also free us from the whims of fossil fuel producers and lead to cheaper, more reliable power – and lower heating costs. It cannot happen soon enough